...Superhero Cole I live in a city named Rocket Cove with many Superheroes. Superhero Cole is the most powerful hero there is. He has many powers. He loves helping others in need whether it’s carrying groceries for the elderly or stopping crime. Coles main job is to make sure his people are safe from the evil Zen Cole. Superhero Cole’s super powers are shooting ice, fire, super speed, super strength, and can also teleport from place to place when he senses danger. He lives in a tower on the 100th floor in a building named Rocket Cave. One day Zen Cole was trying to break into a jewelry store to steal a rare gem named the Lexington Rock. It was early morning and Selena the manager was in the middle of getting the store ready so that she can open. She heard a loud bang as Zen Cole kicked in the door. Superhero Cole sensed danger and quickly used his teleportation and at an instant he was in the closet of the jewelry store. He slowly opened the close door and saw Zen Cole breaking into the lock box to retrieve the Lexington Rock. Superhero Cole quickly jumped into to action by grabbing Zen and throwing him across the room. Zen quickly got up and the two were battling each other. Superhero punched, kicked, and threw Zen over and over. Zen gave up and starting running away. Cole began running after him and chasing him across Rocket Cove City. People watched as this chase was happening and were ducking and running for cover. Zen turned into an abandoned alley and it was a...
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...Superheroes have become a pop culture phenomenon since their inception in the 1930s, and the plots, characters and themes found within superhero comics have and continue to evolve today. In his essay titled “More Than Normal, But Believable” legendary comic book writer and producer Stan Lee defines super heroes. “A superhero is a person who does heroic deeds and has the ability to do them in a way that a normal person couldn’t,” writes Lee. “So in order to be a superhero, you need a power that is more exceptional than any power a normal human being could possess, and you need to use that power to accomplish good deeds.” The modern superhero appeared in the 1930s, deriving from pulp-fiction heroes who had existed up until then, according to comic book historian and critic, Jamie Coville....
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...List of superheros Batman Superman Wonder Woman Martian Manhunter Flash Hawk Girl Green Lautern (John) Auagman Green Arrow Green Lautren (Hal) Steel Supergirl Black canary Huntress Booster Gold Batwomen Katana Zatara Zantana Mr. Terrific Night Owl Owlwomen Power Girl Pantha Plastic Man The Question Red Arrow Stargirl Shining Knight S.T.R.I.P.E Wildcat Metamorpho Misfit Elongated Man Green Lautren (Guy) Black Flash Captian Atom Atom Red Tornado Icon Shazam Hawk Man Dr.Fate Dr. Light Ice Orion Fire Vixen Vide Mister Miracle Lightray Animal Man Maxima Amazing Man Mary Marvel Dove Hawk Atom Smasher Azket Big Barda Blue Devil D’wana Beast Creeper Citizen Steel Crimson Fox Dr. Mid-Nite Demon Kai-Ro Jonah Hex Johnny Thunder Machiste Micron (A.K.A. Atom) Future Mr. Miracle Ray Palmer(Atom) Rocket Red Sandy Hawkins Static Tara Terry McGinnis Thunder Bolt Vigilante Warhawk Waverider Zeta Deadman Aquagirl El Diablo Green(Kyle) Bat-Lash Spy Smasher Oberon Etrigan (Jason Blood) Warlord Sand Pow Wow Smith Bouncing Boy Brainic 5 Phantom Girl Metron King faraday Hourman Nemesis Aqugirl Green (Kilowog) Green (Arisia Rrad) Green (Katma Tul) Long Shadow (Side Kicks) Beasty Boy Cybrog Starfire Batgirl Nightwing Robin (Tim) Robin (Dick) Wonder Girl Lagoon Blue beetle Bumble Bee Miss Martian Kid Flash Super Boy Artimis Speedy Aqualad Aguagirl Mal Duncan Rocket Lieuntenant...
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...15 October 2014 Wonder Woman Children always looking for a positive role model to have, and many end up choosing superheroes they see in their favorite comic books or ones they have seen in the media. Since children are so easily affected by things they see in their childhood, having discriminatory elements in these influential characters may be problematic. “The Wonder Woman Precedent: Female (Super) Heroism on Trial” written by Julie D. O’Reilly, was published in the Journal of American Culture in 2005. O’Reilly is a professor of communication and women and gender at Heidelberg University. In “The Wonder Woman Precedent”, she writes about the hardships that female superheroes in the media must face that male superheroes do not go through. Throughout her article she compares Wonder Woman, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the sisters of Charmed to male superheroes like Superman and Jake 2.0. “Wonder Woman” written by Gloria Steinem, is an excerpt from a book written about Wonder Woman. Steinem is well known activist, feminist, and author. “Wonder Woman” talks about how Wonder Woman helped shape Steinem to become the woman she is today. O’Reilly and Steinem both believe that the creator of Wonder Woman views on feminism are not exactly correct. However, both authors share opposing viewpoints on the trials female superheroes face and if wonder woman is a feminist icon. The creator of Wonder Woman, not surprising to most, was a man. William Moulton Marston, who wrote the Wonder...
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...The impression shapes our nature Obviously, when it comes to the talking subject of superheroes, boys are always the more exciting ones in our childhood. They admire their power and are wild about acting as one of them when doing the games. In contrast, girls are typically ones who have paid more attention to fairy tale that express friendship, love or whatever sentimental feelings. And when I memorize to consider that if there is a superhero that affects my childhood, or what we say, the formative years, I cannot even remember a superhero’s name except Monkey King, who is the character in one of great Chinese masterpiece and is famous enough for every child in China to know. So the point here is clear. It is definitely not a big part of my childhood and I wasn’t affected by it that much, at least not more than the influence The Little Mermaid had on me. I conclude the reasons why most of girls, at least in my age, don’t have such deep connect with superheroes are various. One of the reasons is that heroes are always male. And since kids prefer to substitute themselves into the stories they read and imagine that they are the protagonists, the fact of less or no female superheroes in most of stories prevents that action and leads to less sense of emotion resonance. And in some degree, the fact of less or no female superheroes does give us the hint that male should be the ones who protect and female should be the ones being protected. So, does it shape my perception of gender...
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...“Do you think that women are portrayed as weak and over-sexualized creatures in the comics?” In the article by Dorian Lynskey in “The Guardian” entitled “Kapow! Attack of the feminist superheroes” it claims that women have been used as secondary, depended, and overly sexualized; “Chapter Twelve” of Watchmen by Alan Moore will be analyzed to prove the same viewpoint. Lynskey in “Kapow!”, uses allusion with logos and ethos; Moore uses images with pathos in “Chapter Twelve” of watchmen to support Lynskey’s claim. Lynskey Article and Moore Comic book, both analyze the role and portrayal of women in comic books. Lynskey wrote in an informative tone to inform the comic reader about the appearance of women in comic books; Moore uses an informal tone to get the attention of young people. The Watchmen has more evidence of Rhetorical strategies as Images to support Lynskey Claim. As Lynskey has a better use of...
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...swinging off of buildings hundreds of feet from the ground, desperately trying to save the innocent victim. A Norse God with long blonde hair, a winged metal helmet, and a bright red cape with blue leggings is probably not an ordinary image being pictured in one's head. Superheroes come in all varieties, shapes, and forms, but behind each superhero lies a secret to why they were created. The reasons for creation range from events that previously occurred in history to recent changes in today's society. Comic book superheroes were indeed influenced by history, but the comic book superheroes also continually influence history itself. This reciprocal influence continues to affect the generations of comic book fans for years on end. Comic book creators have been known for using a strategy to create characters which tend to resemble infamous gods to separate the common ideal mortal heroes from the indestructible immortals. By using this strategy, comic book creators are able to give their characters a fierce outer shell with a scholarly uplift (Reynolds 53). With the creation of the Mighty Thor comic book character in 1962, Lee and Thomas used this strategy perfectly (54). Asgardian characters were just ready-made superheroes waiting to be transformed into the comic-book world (57). Being named one of the most unusual creations in comic book history, Thor truly defined “…the first successful attempt to harness existing mythology on a large scale to construct the mise en scene of a superhero”...
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...Aryan Shankar Catherine Thomas English I 2 November, 2015 Iron Man and its Role in Creating a ‘Positive Geek Culture’ Superheroes are everywhere these days. Although, the origin of superheroes can be traced back to the comic books of the 1930s and even earlier, they have been depicted in media like film, television shows, video games, radio broadcasts and graphic novels. They even find their place in apparels like t-shirts, sweatshirts, socks and underwear; stationery items like pencil boxes; accessories for electronic gadgets like cell phone covers and laptop skins; and various home furnishing items. Originally confined to a certain class of comic book fans, the popularity of superheroes has reached a wider audience with a lot of different people being happily associated with them. This phase of increasing infusion of superheroes into the mainstream culture started in the 1990s and the early part of the 21st century but it was only after the release of the film Iron Man that superheroes reached their present level of popularity. Therefore, it can be argued that Iron Man has led to the creation of what can be called, a ‘positive geek culture’. ‘Geek culture’, as it is popularly understood, has many different facets and it is not always associated with being a superhero fan. Geek culture includes interest in board games like Dungeons & Dragons, the film series Star Wars and martial arts films of the 1980s, and television series like Star Trek, Battlestar...
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...Equality strips society of its freedom and individuality. The undercover superheroes in “The Incredibles” and the handicapped citizens in “Harrison Bergeron” have confronted this exact issue. These two stories incorporate a strict, elaborate system of equality that when disrupted, impose consequences that the characters must suffer. Kurt Vonnegut’s dystopian story, Harrison Bergeron, and The Incredibles, directed by Brad Bird, address the implications of total equality. Both texts use a satirical approach of exaggeration and reversal to convey this message. In the movie and dystopian short story, a governmental authority controls the characters and limits their liberty. To maintain equality, they cannot take unfair advantage of their unique...
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...Superman, the hero superman fought the villain Atom Man. The comic Dagwood Splits the Atom had some characters from Blondie. Superheroes with nuclear powers began to also show up such as, Atomic Thunderbolt and Atoman. The opposite of these characters was animal characters such as Atomic Mouse and Atomic Rabbit. Some say that these characters helped to get rid of young readers' fears of the idea of nuclear war and also get rid of anxieties over the questions based on atomic power. These comics were one of many things affected by World War II, another thing that World War II had an impact on was architecture. The war affected Architecture because in the war they needed a lot of supplies such as steel and other metals, that created a supply shortage for the other people who need it. People had to find a new way to make and build what they needed with different materials or...
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...Middleton then changes his focus towards comic books, where his focus remains all the way through the rest of the paper. Circling back to his original thoughts, the focus on comic books leads to an analysis of comic books in regards to children and their development into men. In his conclusion to the essay, Middleton states, “Nevertheless, action comics for boys are certainly damaging because they offer false solutions to the difficulties of growing up which both sexes face” (Middleton 141). Often Middleton points out that the reason that little boys read such comic books is that their true role models, their fathers, are not home. So in their absence, the children latch onto the traits found inherent in the superheroes they read about. However, the newly found role models, and superheroes, do not represent that which should be portrayed to our children. Throughout many comic book series there seems to always be portrayed a sense of masculinity gone wrong or hypermasculinity. Along with others, though primarily in the comic series of both Batman and of Spiderman, this specific form of masculinity being shown to the children is expressed through a relationship between the superhero, and the law. In the end, comic books become what is essentially a display case for the extremes of masculinity and manhood, which is what the children that read the comic book series desire both outwardly and inwardly. Batman, as a series has grown by epic proportions in recent years. And although most of us...
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...In the article, the last few paragraphs were most engaging because the writers twisted Marvel movie themes around in a way that the general viewer would not expect. Actors such as Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth are sex symbols in of themselves, but recent movies depict them as super beings who do not seem to need relationships. Furthermore, this emphasizes the “dangerous message” that relationships hinder people’s ability to perform their duties, whether that be fighting supervillains or protecting the world from alien invasions. By pointing out the fact that superheroes give up their need for love and relationships for the “greater good,” the writers reinforce the observation that the Marvel movies portray the characters in an unrealistically...
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...Culture determines what is deemed to be masculine or feminine, so whether something is feminine or not depends on the culture. The influences of culture are seen everywhere within that specific society; from what is the typical standard of what to think, eat, wear, and even write. One form of media that is influenced by culture is comic books. Within Western culture, the genre of superheroes in comics is one in which the main protagonist is portrayed in a masculine manner. Comic books neither follow nor lead society but are reflective of a society and if that society looks down upon being feminine, it causes superheroes to be portrayed as being masculine regardless of gender or sexual orientations. Before starting off with the portrayal and acceptance of protagonists being masculine, it is important to understand the difference in comics following society and comics being reflective of society. Spatially, if something is following another then that would mean that it is behind in space and time. So if...
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...Are we waving goodbye to the superheroes? We all know them, and we all love them. But the era of the superhero movies are maybe coming to an end. Why is that? And will we no longer be looking at buff men and women dressed in slim tights and colourful capes? A dominating and very unique genre of movies saw it’s first light of the day back in the 00’s. It all started with the Batman-movie who was published in 2002 and became a massive success. If we look at the cold facts we can see, that in the list of best selling movies are The Avengers from 2012 and The Dark Night from 2008 present. This is an independent genre, although it’s got a lot in common with the action-genre. In both genres, we have an outstanding hero who saves the day and is unbeatable. But in the action-genre we have heroes like Harry Callahan and John McClane, who comes home at the and of the day and still remains the same hero. Unlike Spiderman and Batman who comes home in the end of the day and becomes a whole other person when they take their masks of. Often, when they get home, the superheroes turn into the opposite of a superhero- someone that you would never expect to save the world. And someone you could identify yourself with. And that is one of the most important parts in a superhero movie, because the hero stays anonymous and that creates an exiting story and a different view on the heroes. These superheroes are also different, because they take care of business by them selves. They do...
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...1 RTVF 010 Hill1 5/8/14 Film Analysis Paper Assignment: The Avengers The Avengers is an outstanding movie with a storyline that makes it hard for the viewer to look away. It is about an evil man from another world, Loki, who comes to earth to steal an energy source of unknown potential, the tesseract, to try and take over the world. The leader of the earth’s peace keeping agency has went out and gathered The Avengers; a group of superheroes that consists of Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye. Together these superheroes set out to save the world in a captivating story full of thrilling events. However, what makes these thrilling events come across to the audience so effectively is the excellent use of mise en scène. Throughout this movie, several aspects of mise en scène are used very effectively and are a big part of why this was one of the most succesful movies ever made. One scene that contains an extraordinary use of mise en scène is in the forest when Iron Man and Captain America first meet Thor. The first thing that stood out was the setting. These three extremely powerful forces are meeting for the first time in this very large forest. Right off the bat the setting gives off a sense that almost anything can happen. They are in the wide open wilderness with nothing stopping them from doing what they want to do. If they want to fight, they can do so without harming any nearby people. Another aspect of mise en scène that...
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